“People change it’s a part of life,” he wrote. “but sometimes its [sic] easier to hold on to the memories of who they were rather then to realize who they have become...”

The 30-year-old Iraq War veteran met Gonzalez-Jones in 2008 when he joined the cast of All My Children. She was working as an assistant to the show’s executive producer. They dated for four years before deciding to end their relationship earlier this year.